critters from the pipeline

[hwchoy]

can anyone help with the ID of these critters from the Pierce pipeline? even a family or subfamily ID is good.



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#1 butt




#2 butt




#3 damselfly






#4 dragonfly




#5 spider




#6 spider

[Simon]

#1 - male archduke
#2 - common faun

[hwchoy]

#1 - male archduke
#2 - common faun

archduke = Lexias dirtea ? (since L. pardalis supposed to have orange antenna club)
common faun = Faunis canens arcesilas ?

[budak]

Spider no 5 is some Lycosid (wolf spider). the straight row of four small anterior eyes is diagnostic.

Spider no. 6 is some Tetragnatha sp. Think to get precise species you need to probe their bits.

Dragonfly could be this: http://www.greenunity.net/odonata/sp...ciesX=gigantea

Damselfly could be: http://www.greenunity.net/odonata/sp...esX=notostigma

[Simon]

archduke = Lexias dirtea ? (since L. pardalis supposed to have orange antenna club)
common faun = Faunis canens arcesilas ?

Lexias pardalis dirteana (Archduke)
Faunis canens arcesilas (Common Faun)

a collection of Singapore butterfly species
http://www.sgbug.org/butterflies/singapore.php

[hwchoy]

kumxia sai and dak.

budak what you mean by poke their bits?

one more spider (but not from the pipeline)

[budak]

Gasteracantha sp.

Tetragnatha sp. must examine the tooths at the inner margin of the jaw la

[hwchoy]

kumxia kumxia. I was with NParks officer who refuses to collect specimens grrrr

[hwchoy]

Dragonfly could be this: http://www.greenunity.net/odonata/sp...ciesX=gigantea

Damselfly could be: http://www.greenunity.net/odonata/sp...esX=notostigma

you're probably right ah dak. it was a rather huge dragonfly which was perching about 15 ft high.

[Simon]

the last spider was shot at upper pierce reservoir?

[hwchoy]

the last spider was shot at lower pierce reservoir?

last spider meaning the kitty cat one? if so, no, at AH.

but there was another similar one (but with a pointy backside, not kitty cat) at Pierce however could not get a good pix before it escaped.

[Simon]

always thought the spiny species are slow movers

[hwchoy]

always thought the spiny species are slow movers

oh it was damn fast at reeling back its silk and escaping hor. fast enough that you can't find it in your viewfinder much less getting a focus!

[hwchoy]

BTW any idea how to label this fungus growing on a dead leaf? see the interesting "nodules" on the leaf where the fungus has not grown a "body" yet.

[budak]

you sure its not some bug nymph...

[hwchoy]

attempting to lay its egg… is this Ideopsis vulgaris (any subspecies name?)



and the caterpillar…

[Simon]

Ideopsis vulgaris macrina (Blue Glassy Tiger)

[hwchoy]

thank you sir!

[Laconic]

'm pretty sure the "fungus" is actually an bug just as like Budak said.

[hwchoy]

actually now we are thinking it could be an egg mass.